We don't want you to take away our right to
choose our doctors and hospitals.

We don't want you to force us into a one-size
fits-all government health care plan.

We don't want our private medical records to be
put into an interactive government database by 1014 or any other date.

We don't want a system to "guide" our doctor in
his or her treatment decisions.

We don't want Washington to "cut costs" by
delaying and denying our care.

" In
government-managed systems, bureaucrats and politicians decide where and when
new medicines will be available. In Britain, for example, two new
highly-effective drugs for kidney cancer have been denied to cancer sufferers
because they are too expensive.

"The Canadian
government and others with centrally-managed health systems often refuse to
purchase newer drugs until they've been on the market for several years, if
then. From 1997 to 1999, for instance, 100 drugs were introduced in America,
while only 43 of those drugs became available in Canada.

"In the
interest of national budgets, state-administered health systems have an
incentive to put saving money before saving lives. This means restricted access
to the newest treatments and medical treatments, including oncology drugs. For
example, in the United States, the survival rate is 90% for patients diagnosed
with Stage I colon cancer. In Britain, it's just 70%. For American women
diagnosed with Stage I breast cancer, 97% are still alive after five years. In
Britain, only 78%." From

We have heard
it said and believe it to be true that "If you think health care is expensive
now, wait until it is free."

The first
paragraph of a Washington Post story today proves that point: "With budget
deficits soaring and President Obama pushing a trillion-dollar-plus expansion
of health coverage, some Washington policymakers are taking a fresh look at
a money-making idea long considered politically taboo: a national sales tax.
Common around the world, including in Europe, such a tax -- called a value-added
tax, or VAT -- has not been seriously considered in the United States. But
advocates say few other options can generate the kind of money the nation will
need to avert fiscal calamity."

A later
paragraph in the article reads: "What would it cost? Emanuel argues in his book
that a 10 percent VAT would pay for every American not entitled to Medicare or
Medicaid to enroll in a health plan with no deductibles and minimal
co-payments."

If you think TEA Party sympathizers
were intense before, wait until they discover the real cost of health care and
the possibility of a national sales tax!